If we don't turn up to play this week, Melbourne will give us a touch up, there's no doubt about that.

I don't like to put players in categories but it is not our top-10 players, it is our bottom 10 that are really performing, like Luke Ablett, (Adam) Schneider, (Amon) Buchanan. These guys have been the story of the year from our point of view and that is where the improvement has come from.

That was a bit of a surprise because against West Coast [the week before] he did a bit of damage as well.

It's been a long, hot pre-season and I'm really looking forward to getting a hit-out.

[Most weeks of most years, the Swans are half-famous and half-anonymous in Sydney, and it suits them. This week, they were suddenly exposed.] I'm sick of seeing my face in the papers and on TV, ... After all, I didn't murder anyone.

I think we have come a long way as a footy team. The maturity of the group and the evenness of the performance is a lot better than previous years,